Dublin Archbishop tells lapsed Catholics to leave the Catholic Church

Catholic priests will be expecting a firmer commitment from church-goers.
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The Archbishop of Dublin is telling lapsed Catholics to leave the church, reports the Irish Independent.

As rising numbers of Catholics only show up at church for sacraments like baptism and marriage, the Archbishop Diarmuid Martin is urging non-believers to have the maturity to walk away.

In the new documentary 'Would You Believe,' priests reveal they will expect a firmer commitment from church-goers.

"It requires maturity on those people who want their children to become members of the church community and maturity on those people who say 'I don't believe in God and I really shouldn't be hanging on to the vestiges of faith when I don't really believe in it,'" said Archbishop Martin.